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Day 1.5 - cup of tea time update. Anti drop engine in face bar installed. Had to tweak the tow fitting, knocked the edge off with a die grinder as it was fouling on the rocker cover. Pulled the airbox out for access, and to get some light! Subframe comes out easy. Few little things to disconnect, 4 engine mount bolts (funny lookin things) and 6 subframe bolts. Bit of a wiggle and jiggle and down it comes, along with about a kg of road stones. 10000000_450039405477835_7695946383546510403_n.mp4

And probably the first to 300,000 km

Anyone got one of these handy, somehow Ive lost one along the way. p/n 07146949380

Day 1 take 2. Lots of prep and some more cleaning.. Thanks oil leak. All looks good on the suspension. Bumpers and bonnet off and off to paint shop to be resprayed. No more stone chips, for a week at least. Turns out e91 fits many things. One wheel off for a kerbing repair, clipped an apex a lil tight! Will leave oil to drain overnight, then front subframe out tomorrow.

Yeah the only thing that actually worked was ISTA+ CCV kit is stuck in customs, but whenever it turns up Ill pull the intake manifold and replace it to, as the oil level fluctuating is still weird. Car drives mint though. Any theories on how the DME learns to behave so poorly? Im assuming it was just cranking the fuel trims looking at the graphs.

Totally agree, its a farce. Dont get me wrong there are some good doctors, but damn there are a lot of hacks out there who get pumped out of the machine... After an absolute hack (he was googling anatomy sh*t in front of me) twice misdiagnosed my broken ankle as a sprain, sent me back to work with instructions to take it easy on it. I refused to pay the bill, after walking around in pain for a week as it was just a sprain.. I went to a different surgery who instantly stuck my leg in an MRI and discovered my talar dome had a crack in it.. (2 months in a cast, 2 more months of light duties...) If I hadnt got a 2nd (3rd?) opinion I wouldve kept on walking around on a broken ankle and then wouldve had to have corrective surgery to stick all the bits back in the right places. Some of them are just there to dish out panadols and get paid 6 figures for it, and you have no idea which one knows what they are talking about, and which doesn't ?

Was curious too see what the actual price difference is between hyperdrive and tirerack. 235/35/19 PS4S Tirerack $434 NZD Incl Gst + Shipping Hyper $475 NZD Incl Not worth the hassle in this case.

E8* 1 series are the closest to a "modern" E30, differing body styles, but in terms of ethos and sizing. First thing I thought when took the 130 for a drive was the similarities to how it felt and drove to my old one. The F** 2 series M2 got bloaty again, nice cars but they drift further away from the reasons the 1M was "perfect" Were the tii style pinstriping you see on a few 1Ms a BMW Performance option?

Anyone got some sanely priced 135i calipers, front and rear. Dont mind if they are dirty/paint damaged. Will rebuild/paint and retrofit to the 130, just need the calipers (will rebuild as the BMW performance units with BMW P rotors)

FCPEuro do a kit for like $200us

was an eagle F1 assy 2, one of the originals when I bought the car (have been through a few sets..) no idea how old it was.

SOLVED!! *dancing* Installed ISTA+ and got a K+DCAN cable. A few hours of naffing around to get it installed and talking and BOOM! Reset the engine DME learning and adaptations and its solved. Also using less gas and pulling harder, it doesnt feel way slower than the 130 anymore... It was like flicking a switch between runs like a dog and runs like new... Yay for piracy

Ive done 100,000k on non run flats, with no spare, probably been lucky but havent been stranded yet! (couple of quick trips to the tyre shop for puncture repairs, and one delam, but still... not stranded! )

Now all I need is some time.. looks to be quite a bit of work removing the car from the sump. Reasonbly cheap parts though, couple of hundred bucks for everything including all new bolts and the engine mounts. Even the engine support was only $80.

Put car on tardme. Price it above everything similar, as its better. One text message 2 days after listing, comes around an hour later, looks it over, pays you asking price in cash with no haggling or screwing around and takes car. Why cant all tardmes be like this!

https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=PG56-EUR-12-2011-E90N-BMW-320i&diagId=11_3296 https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/bmw/other/listing-1703024465.htmhttps://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/bmw/other/listing-1703024465.htm If its actually blown the seals out, its probably not the seals however

Got it dirty.

Manukau specifically, I have a wide brush

Got all the bits to do the sump gasket and engine mounts on it... and just realised I was looking at the wrong diagram and have ordered the sump bolts for an auto trans engine.. apparently they differ. Doh ? Im going to try drop the subframe while disconnecting as little as possible, some people say the whole subframe must come out (ie drop the suspension as well) others seem to have done it and left all the suspension together and have around a foot of clearance with the subframe still attached to suspension and the subframe simply lowered. Has anyone actually done this here and able to comment?

For the 80s kids, epic.

Well.. this is getting hawkward

Pointy end... just think of it half an S65, that doesnt eat bearings: ITBs, 11:1 compression ratio, 5 valves per cylinder and vanos ?

Ordered the Belsee unit, will see if it chooch or not.

I hate Mag and Turbo with a passion, bunch of halfwit crooks who shouldnt be allowed to work on bicycles, and threw Hyperdrive in the same group as them. I was wrong though, Hyperdrive are a bunch of GCs, would instantly use them again.

Very tidy factory BZ Touring. Definitely one of the nicer examples around, not a basket case of bad mods and hack jobs. Priced accordingly, just drive it. 230 something k on the clock. Drives great, 6 speed shifts smooth without crunchy synchros. Happy Black top 4AGE, drinks the usual amount of oil and only fed 98 in my ownership. Average 8.3km/l on my drive, and makes the magic 100+ hp/litre. Practical, but good fun car to drive, handles really well for a FWD, close ratio gearbox and an engine that is happiest at 7k rpm Selling as I bought it for commuting Akl-Raglan daily, and its no longer needed ( cant justify 3 cars ). The last 40,000km are pretty much all on the open road. In the past 20k - New clutch kit New rotors and pads. Brake fluid flushed Gear box flushed Coolant flushed New plugs and leads. In the past 5k - New KYB shocks and cobra springs New cambelt, idler, water pump Every. Single. Oil. Seal. No leaks! Thermostat and switch. Will come on new Neuton NT5000 tyres on the front, near new on the back. 17" ROH blades, need a refurb if can be bothered. New Sony digital media headunit, Rockford fosgate/JVC 6" components, Kenwood undeseat subwoofer. Sounds good. Decent Uniden Alarm. Replacement headlights have been ordered, factory ones are starting to craze. Drivers window regulator safety switch is bit keen, it occasionally triggers early, otherwise its a good un. Interior and upholstery have just been cleaned. Cut/polish/wax and its pretty shiney No mad rush to sell, will go on tardme in a few weeks. $4500 ono